diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 65818bdb7f..b8435f77f4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ script:
   - cd java && mvn test && cd ..
   - cd javanano && mvn test && cd ..
   - cd python && python setup.py build && python setup.py google_test && cd ..
-  - LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../src/.libs cd python && python setup.py build --cpp_implementation && python setup.py google_test --cpp_implementation && cd ..
+  - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../src/.libs
+  - cd python && python setup.py build --cpp_implementation && python setup.py google_test --cpp_implementation && cd ..
   - make distcheck -j2
 notifications:
   email: false